Comments on: Dead man propped on his beloved motorcycle for funeralhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html
Brain candy for Happy MutantsMon, 15 Sep 2014 23:11:17 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2By: christinahttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774659
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774659My first reaction to this was weird but after thinking about more I thought how much all of us would like to be remembered and have the send off doing something we all love. I think death is something that we fear but it is just a part of life and albeit too soon for this person his loved ones will have a lasting memory of him on the bike he loved. May he rest in peace now.
]]>By: Leonard Lowhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774406
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774406I’m kinda touched by the idea, but also kinda horrified by what it would take to achieve this. To pose a dead body involves breaking rigor mortis. To do that requires physically breaking sinew, tendon, and possibly bone. Yeargh.
]]>By: nanuqhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774408
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774408Great, zombies on wheels. George Romero’s next zombie film practically writes itself.
]]>By: holtthttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774426
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774426I wonder how they took him to the graveyard. Maybe just tow him?
]]>By: d3matthttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774435
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774435I thought I wanted to be cremated. Now I think this is what I want for a funeral!
]]>By: ROSSINDETROIThttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-775460
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-775460At my grandfather’s funeral we over heard someone say ‘He looks so natural”. I joked to my siblings that ‘natural’ would be in his bathrobe and recliner, feet up and snoring. Cue giggling, snickering, lots of hostile glares and a fast exit from the room.
]]>By: sergeirichardhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774438
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774438Was I the only one waiting for the guy to move?
]]>By: oohvahvoohttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774469
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774469That’s the only way you’d find me hunched over a MacBook .. if I was dead.
]]>By: YokoYokohttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774734
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774734Fantastic product placement coup for Honda/Repsol!
]]>By: porkchophttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774490
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774490Rigor goes away after a while.

]]>By: Feltonhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774504
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774504According to the movie Return of the Living Dead, you can break out the rigor mortis manually by bending the joints.
]]>By: andigopowhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774508
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774508I’ve embalmed a few bodies in my day but I have NO idea how you’d get the body to hold that pose… Maybe inject a REALLY strong embalming fluid and once done, place him on the bike? I can’t imagine this was easy to do.

But, holy cow, it’s awesome.

]]>By: Jack Danielhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774773
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774773Ride In Peace amigo, Ride In Peace.
]]>By: Orkyhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774531
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774531Oh, so there’s the Lazy Gun I’ve been searching for all this time!
]]>By: Ranessinhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774550
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774550@23: Haha, “Against a Dark Background” was also the first thing that came to my mind when reading the headline.
]]>By: angusmhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774301
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774301I hope this trend doesn’t catch on or when my turn comes they’ll have my dead body hunched over the keyboard of my Macbook.
]]>By: hobomikehttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774305
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774305I don’t want to think about what kind of meat armature they had to put in just to make him sit up and look forward. that’s wack.
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774309
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774309Just like in the UK movie Psychomania.
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774311
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774311haha when I read the headline I knew it would be in pr. The rest of the world is 200 years behind pr when it comes to funeral tech
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774318
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774318What, no helmet? Crazy kid’ll kill himself!
]]>By: Elite Hackerhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774320
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774320Double you…tee…eff.
]]>By: Buckethttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774321
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774321Only one word in the english language properly describes the depth and breadth of this:

Classy.

]]>By: UnnecessaryUmlauthttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774328
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774328They should check the suspension on that Honda. Looks like a stiff ride.

*rim shot*

Thank you, good night.

]]>By: Anonymoushttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774338
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774338Reminds me of those pics from the Victorian era they made of dead people (so they had a memory of them if they hadn’t take a pic of the person before). Pretty spooky stuff, but somehow, it’s also a nice idea that they pay a tribute to what was so important to that guy…
]]>By: Noiseconhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774350
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774350Brought to you by the same people that prepped the dead man standing up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZXY3Cip_FA
]]>By: sixtwotwomayhemhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774352
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774352Looks like a toy motorbike I had when I was a kid. I wonder if he’ll also remain seated if I pushed/drove it down the stairs?
]]>By: JIMWIChhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774354
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774354Am I the only one who thinks the only way to improve this to utter perfection would have been to display the bike up on its front wheel as though he was doing a ‘stoppie’?
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-1125099
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-1125099What a great send off. I’m sure if he was – would of been – or could of been looking down he’d be so proud of his family and friends. This shows a true act of love.
]]>By: godisafictionhttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774636
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774636Which brings me to the question, is there such a thing as rigor vivis? if not, why do we always qualify rigor as applying to someone, quia mortuus est, as rigor mortis?
]]>By: Brainsporehttp://boingboing.net/2010/04/29/dead-man-propped-on.html#comment-774895
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-774895Wait long enough and he’ll be a spitting image of the Ghost Rider.
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